Editorial Team
Director
Rui Diniz
Editor-in-Chief
Nuno Cardim - CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
João Subtil - CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Editor Emeritus
Associate Editors
Ana Rosas, Nursing, CUF Porto Hospital, Porto, Portugal
Ana Sequeira, General and Family Medicine, CUF S. João da Madeira Clinic, São João da Madeira, Portugal
Carlos Leichsenring, General Surgery, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Diogo Alpuim Costa, Haemato-Oncology, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
João Manuel Colaço, Gynaecology-Obstetrics, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Marco Torrado, Psychology, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Margarida Valejo Coelho, Dermatology, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Piedade Sande Lemos, Paediatrics, CUF Cascais Hospital, Cascais, Portugal
Sara Machado, Health Economics, Scientific Researcher, CHeSS, the Centre for Health System Sustainability at Brown School of Public Health
Social Media Editor
Pedro Botelho, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Editorial Board
Adelino Leite Moreira, Cardiothoracic Surgery,CUF Porto Hospital, Porto, Portugal
Alberto Vieira, CUF Porto Hospital, Porto, Portugal
António Rendas, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
Armando Mansilha, Angiology and Vascular Surgery, CUF Porto Hospital, Porto, Portugal
Cristina Caroça, Otorhinolaryngology, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
David Lito, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Eduardo Mendes, CUF Viseu Hospital, Viseu, Portugal
Estevão Lima, Urology, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
João Paulo Farias, Neurosurgery, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Jorge Canena, Gastroenterology, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Jorge Mineiro, Orthopedics, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Manuel Caneira, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Manuel Cunha e Sá, Neurosurgery, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Miguel Mascarenhas Saraiva, Gastroenterology, CUF Porto Hospital, Porto, Portugal
Miguel Viana Baptista, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro Ponce, Internal Medicine, CUF Tejo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Riccardo Autorino - Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
Rui Vaz, Neurosurgery, CUF Porto Hospital, Porto, Portugal
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Ana Ferreira da Silva
Technical Editor
Helena Donato
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